MESRINE : KILLER INSTINCT
2009-06-01The first part of an epic crime saga charting the rise to notoriety of Jacques Mesrine in the 60s and 70s. Picking up at the the time of Mesrine’s release from the Army following the Algerian War, the first tranche captures his descent into the criminal underworld, as he becomes embroiled with gangsters and develops his talent for armed bank robbery, kidnapping and prison breaks. Almost 30 years since his spectacular death, shot down in a hail of police bullets, the Cesar Award-winning team of writer/director Jean-Francois Richet and Vincent Cassel bring to the big screen the story of the man behind the legend. Released the 7th of August 2009